Author Archives: John Rutledge

Network Theory and the Credit Crunch

My friend Sonia Arrison, host of Digital Dialog and Senior Fellow of Technology Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, has written an article in TechNewsWorld,  Network Theory Can Explain US Credit Crunch, which discusses the chapter in my new book on using … Continue reading

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US Market Cap has Fallen $5.8 Trillion Since Capital Markets Froze

Last summer, when US capital markets began to freeze up, total market capitalization was $19.1 trillion. US market cap at yesterday’s close was $13.3 trillion, a drop of $5.8 trillion over 14 months, roughly $100B billion per week. In previous … Continue reading

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